Rhopaloceras oniscus

Valim, Michel P. & Silveira, Luís F., 2014, A new species and five new records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from an isolated population of the solitary tinamou Tinamus solitarius (Aves: Tinamiformes), Zootaxa 3838 (1), pp. 127-142 : 132-133

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6134802
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scientific name	Rhopaloceras oniscus
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Rhopaloceras oniscus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866)

Goniodes oniscus Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866: 388.

Goniodes aliceps Nitzsch [in Giebel] (1874: 204)

Goniocotes longipes Giebel (1874: 190) .

Rhopaloceras oniscus aliceps Giebel [sic]; Eichler (1947: 170, fig. 7).

Rhopaloceras oniscus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Carriker (1936: 107, pl. 14, fig. 2); Guimarães & Lane (1937: 14); ( Kéler (1939: 222, fig. 1).

Material examined: 6♀ ( MZUSP #3192–3197), (host skin in MNRJ #24626), Igaraçu (07º50'S; 34º54'W), Usina São José, Pernambuco, Brazil, 20 Apr. 1945, H.F. Berla coll. 1♀ ( MZUSP #3199), Mata do Othon (09°50'S; 35°54'W), Barra de São Miguel, Alagoas, Brazil, 21 Feb. 1979, D.M. Teixeira Coll. 1♀ MZUSP #5767), Roteiro (09°50'S; 35°58'W), Alagoas, Brazil, Nov. 1978, P.M. Nardelli coll. (W.C.A. Bokermann leg.)

Remarks: The only reliable records of this species from T. solitarius solitarius are those in Guimarães & Lane (1937) and Kéler (1939). The material listed above was identified by comparison with those deposited in MZUSP collection.